How species longevity, intraspecific morphological variation, and geographic range size are related: A comparison using late cambrian trilobites

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3253-3273

  Hopkins, Melanie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duration; Evolutionary rates; Morphological evolution; Paleobiology; Phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RANGE SIZE; TRILOBITE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 80054934022     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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